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Thursday, Oct 29
An Albatross Around My Neck?
With a name like Worlds of Wordcraft, it goes without saying that we play a substantial amount of video games in this class. So far, it’s been mostly contained to Lord of the Rings Online, but this is changing with the introduction of Neverwinter Nights 2. Now, I wouldn’t consider myself a gam...
7 Gold and 9 Sapphire Shards
It’s August 27th, and I’m attending my first Worlds of Wordcraft class. I find out that we’ll be playing Lord of the Rings Online. I’m pretty excited, since I’m a Tolkien fan. Despite that it still takes me a week or two before I get around to buying and installing the game.
Thursday, Oct 15
Disappointment of the Rings Online
So, Lord of the Rings Online has some pretty cool things going for it. You can gossip with Hobbits. You can explore the depths of Moria. You can fight hordes of orcs. But there is one thing LOTRO seriously lacks that in my opinion makes the game a gigantic disappointment.
Thursday, Oct 8
By the book, by the numbers.
I’ve spent a lot of time walking through the Barrow-Downs recently in Lord of the Rings Online, slowly but surely working through the quests related to that area. Naturally, I don’t feel as though I’ve done anything to provoke such hostile responses from the taint and denizens native to th...
Did..did he just decapitate someone?
Thus, while a video game has more opportunities to be more compelling than a book, Lord of the Rings Online fails to captivate gamers in combat while Snow Crash does. Calvin Patimeteeporn (Calvirth) While walking through the Shire in LOTRO, Calvirth is quickly spott
LOTRO: Not Quite There Yet
Reading Snow Crash makes me realize just how far off games like LOTRO are from achieving virtual reality, despite all the cosmetic similarities. And yet, there are similarities. If you compare LOTRO to early arcade games the difference is huge. We’re making strides, and who knows, maybe an...
A Clash of Swords
Combat is a significant part of both the novel Snow Crash and the game Lord of the Rings Online, but it is implemented in very different ways. Sword-fighting is used in both, but that’s just about the only similarity between the two. In Snow Crash, the combat is like an art form, with both comba...
Thursday, Sep 24
Technology... You're a Double-Edged Sword.
My experience in LOTRO is just beginning. Maybe the story will change to follow the books, and maybe it won’t. Who knows? Either way, I’ve got a world to explore. Matt Thumser Hello. My name is Matt Thumser, and I am a Mac. I am not a PC, nor do I wish to become
Prologue Quests = Boring
My first experiences with Lord of the Rings Online have been rather boring. I have not yet gotten to the Epic Book 1 quests but I did complete the Prologue Quests. Just like any other game, LOTRO uses the prologue quests to get the player acclimated to the game. For some people this is certainly...
